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Webster 1913 Edition
Vaccine
Vac′cine
(văk′sīn or văk′sĭn; 277)
, Adj.
[L.
vaccinus
, fr. vacca
a cow; cf. Skr. vāç
to bellow, to groan.] 1.
Of or pertaining to cows; pertaining to, derived from, or caused by, vaccinia;
as,
. vaccine
virus; the vaccine
diseaseVac′cine
(văk-sēn′ or văk′sēn)
, Noun.
1.
The virus of vaccinia used in vaccination.
Webster 1828 Edition
Vaccine
VAC'CINE
,Adj.
Pertaining to cows; originating with or derived from cows; as the vaccine disease or cow-pox.
Definition 2025
vaccine
vaccine
See also: vacciné
English
Noun
vaccine (countable and uncountable, plural vaccines)
- (immunology) A substance given to stimulate the body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease, prepared from the agent that causes the disease, or a synthetic substitute.
Related terms
Translations
substance meant to stimulate production of antibodies
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Danish
Noun
vaccine c (singular definite vaccinen, plural indefinite vacciner)
Declension
Inflection of vaccine
Related terms
- vaccinere
References
- “vaccine” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Verb
vaccine
- inflection of vacciner:
- first-person and third-person singular present indicative and subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative